Wardrobe-trunk lock



ck. Z3 1923.

H. W. ROUNTREE WARDROBE TRUNK LOOK Filed May 11. 1922 TORNEYS INVENTOR H WFQz/Hfree.

Patented Get. 23, 1923.

HENRY w. ROUNTR-EE, or nrcmeonn, VIRGINIA, nssrenos TO H. w. ROUNTREE &

. BROTHER TRUNK & BAG 00., OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; CORPORATION.

WAEDROBETRUNK LOOK.

Application filed May 11,

To all whom it may concern),

, Be it known that I, HENRY W. RoUNTnnn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and 5 State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe- Trunk Locks, of which the following is a specification. 1

My present invention has reference to improvements in that type of trunks whose wardrobe or clothes hanging compartment is provided with a closure or door that is hinged along one edge of the said compartment and-whose other edge is provided with and in place of the said lock controlled hinged door, curtains or follower boards are usually substituted;

My invention primarily has for its object to provide for dispensing with the use of' the moreor less expensive follower devices, included inthe modern type of wardrobe trunks for holding the hung garments in thewardrobe section of the trunk, and for the restoration of the hinged door with the keycontrolled means that secure the locking elements against unauthorized operation and,

at the same time, provide for hinged end top when the wardrobe compartment door is closed, to thereby retain the wardrobe section of the trunk at its closed or locked position against those who might have access to the bureau section of the trunk 455 when the trunk is open, and thus prevent the hinged top end of the wardrobe section from being lifted so long as the hinged door or wardrobe section closure member remains at the locked condition.

With other minor objects in view that will be hereinafter apparent, my invention consists in the peculiar features of construction and combination of parts fully stated in the following description, specifically pointed locking the r 1922. Serial No; 560,189.

out in the appended claims and illustrated iii the accompanying drawing, in which :7

Figure l is a perspectiveview of the mod-v ern type of wardrobe trunk provided with a lock equipped hinged closure member or door, the latter and the hinged top ofathe wardrobe section of the-trunk being provided with my improvements. 1 s

' Figure 2 is a detail cross section'ofthe top ends of the two opposing trunk sections with my improvements applied.

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective viewsof the auxiliary interlocking elements that see cure the wardrobe section door and; the hinged top end together. i f In the drawings, is illustrated a modern type of wardrobe trunk whose bureau section 1 and wardrobe section 2 are hinged together in the usual way, and in the s'aidillustration the wardrobe section is provided with the bowed form of hinged top section 3 which, as shown, has the usual inside filler 30 whose underface is fiat so that, whenthe top end is closed down, the said under faceof the filler 3O fits snugly over the usual trolley devices, 4 upon which the clothes hangers 5 are suspended in the usual manner.'

g 6 designates the closure member or door which is hinged alongione edge 60 to the outer vertical edge 20 of the wardrobe section.

In practice,the door 6 of. the wardrobe trunks 'may be provided with compressor devices on the relation, and as shown the saiddoor is pro:

vided with key controlled latches engage suitable lock receiving sock: ets 8-8 on the outer edge of the inner vertimultaneously moved into and out of their inner side H (not shown) for holding the suspended garments in closed up locking latches '77 along the outer or free edge, which locking adjustments'by key controlled devices which may be ofany well known type, for example, as shown in Patent #928,904.

' In my construction of wardrobe trunk of the kind stated, the doo 6 is'provided with a supplemental latch 9 which in the simplest form is shaped as shown in detail in Figure 4:, and the said latch 9 is riveted or otherwise secured along the inner faceof theupper edge of the door 6 with its angled or hook end 90 positioned for closing into a latch receiver 10 secured upon the under fiat side ofthe filler 3 0 of thehinged top end 3 and along the front edge thereof, as is clearly shownin Figure 1, the said receiver 10 in the simplest form, being shaped asshown in detail in Figure 8, the loop or-latch receiving portion being sulficiently wide to provide for the ready entry therein, ofv the latch hook 90, when the door is closed and looked over the wardrobe section as is best indicated in Figure 2. vThe locking element 10, when the trunk members are closed together, projects down over the front rail or crossbar ll of the trolley devices and thereby permits the bottom, of the hinged top to close down against the rail 11 to the usual position for preventing the clothes hangers jarring off the trolleys as the" trunk is being transported and moved about, when handling it in its closed condition.

My improved means for'lockingt'he wardrobe section of a trunk of the kind stated and shown, is so simple that the; modern types of wardrobe trunks may be readily equipped with the doortypeg of closures forthe wardrobe section, since the said improvements provide for readily using such door type closures with trunks having the hinged. i

top

those having the proper key for unlocking the door 6 which latter; when unlocked and swung out, as shown in Figure l,.releases the top 3 and thus provides, for free accessto the wardrobe section, it. being also understood that. when closing the said wardrobe. section,

ends as the said improvements ser *e to. hold the said hinged top ends locked to their the top 3 is first closed down and as the door isswung to its closed position and looked as described, the top 8 is likewise locked down by reason of the members 9 and 10 interengaging, as before mentioned.

While I have shown but one auxiliary locking means 9 and 10, a plurality of such devices may be used along the upper edge of the door 6 and also along the lower edge of the door and the bottom end of the wardrobe section, as described.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the drawing, the advantages of my improvements will be readily apparent to manufacturers of wardrobe trunks and to those familiar with the use thereof.

What I claim is:

1. The combination in a wardrobe trunk composed of two sections hinged together, one of said sections having a hinged top; a doo hinged to said section which has the hinged top, means for locking said door in closed position with respect to its section and cooperative connections between said door and said hinged top for. holding said hinged top down when said door is in the closed position.

2. In a trunk of the character described whose wardrobe section includes garment supporting trolley elements at the upper end, and a hinged top at such end whose bot tom closes down onto the said trolley elements, and a hinged door that constitutes the closure for the clothes compartment of the said trunk section; and key controlled locking devices for locking'the hinged door of the wardrobe section; auxiliary locking devices on the door and the hinged top of the wardrobe section that lock the top when down as the door is at its closed position, the said auxiliary. devices including a hook projected inwardly from the inner top edge of the door, and a keeper secured to the uno dersideof the hinged top and projected'down in advance of the trolley elements to receive the hook on the door when it is closed.

' HEVR Y -W. ROUNTREE. 

